Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GIMINGHAM

GIMINGHAM, a parish in Erpingham district. Norfolk; on the coast, 4 miles NNE of North Walsham r. station, 4 miles E of the line of telegraph from Norwich to Cromer, and 20 NNE of Norwich. Post town, Trunch, under Norwich. Acres, 1, 491; of which 20 are water. Real property, £2, 667. Pop., 332. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £417.* Patron, Catherine Hall, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good; has an embattled tower; and contains a later English chest. Charities, "the bell-rope acre, " and a small piece of land held by the rector.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gimingham AP/CP       Norfolk AncC
Place: Gimingham

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